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Local high quality cuisine
401 Gourmet Caterers is a premier full-service catering company serving clients throughout Rhode Island and Massachusetts. We take the time to work with our clients making sure every detail is perfect offering customization and help throughout the whole process. From engagement parties at home to your dream wedding, 401 Gourmet is ready to make your day special!
As well as traditional catering services, 401 Gourmet Caterers offers clients help with tent & equipment rentals, linens, decor, table settings, bar service, plate ware, glassware and anything else that may be needed. Planning a wedding can be stressful but our staff is here to help guide you through the whole process.
401 Gourmet focuses on seasonally inspired dishes and sources as many ingredients as possible from local farms, producers, and artisans. We offer a variety of passed and stationary hors d'oeuvres, appetizers, entrees, stations, desserts, cocktails, and more. We work with your tastes, ideas, and budget to create the perfect menu for your event.
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Dietary Options
- Dairy Free
- Gluten Free
- Nut Free
- Organic
- Vegan
- Vegetarian
Food & Catering
- Buffet
- Catering Clean Up
- Catering Delivery & Setup
- Chef Stations
- Family Style
- Menu Tastings
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401 Gourmet is highly praised by multiple reviewers for their exceptional catering services. Mark and his team are described as professional, responsive, and accommodating. The delicious and beautifully plated food, including Rhode Island staples like stuffies and lobster rolls, was a hit with guests. Reviewers appreciated the attention to detail, excellent communication, flexibility with menu options, and efficient clean-up services. The personalized and top-notch service provided by 401 Gourmet made weddings and events unforgettable, earning them high recommendations.- Top reviews
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You would be a fool to go with any other catering company. Mark and Elizabeth and the whole crew are out of this world. Professional, prompt, kind, attentive, knowledgeable, need I go on? My husband and I have a high bar when it comes to food, his mother was a chef for 30 years. So when we say “hire them”, do it. The only thing our guests said to us all night was “the food was AMAZING”. Not anything about my dress, decor, or anything else hahah. But you know they’re that perfect when even after the wedding that’s all my guests still say to me! Mark and the crew even made sure two guests with dairy allergies had modifications. Elizabeth made sure to stay in constant communication even during the busy summer wedding months, they also were able to get furniture rentals with an outside company and included that in their price. At the end of the night, they boxed up the rest of the food for me and my husband to take home. We went buffet style, we HIGHLY recommend the short ribs with ribbon pasta in cream sauce! Mark says he braises them for about 4 hours (I believe!). There’s a reason there’s 13 five-star reviews on here! If I could give them 1,000 stars I would.
401 Gourmet is an EXCELLENT business. Mark and Elizabeth were extremely professional and communicative. Their food was delicious and beautifully plated. Their staff were wonderful. Our guests were raving about the catering all night, and our other vendors told us 401 was the best catering service they had ever seen. They served our 100 guest wedding at a private residence with no hiccups. Thank you for the perfect day!
I was hard pressed on having a wedding with food people would actually like. Not a little filet, with a squirt of mash potatoes. Mark made my dream happen. With lots of out of towners I really wanted Rhode Island staples. We had stuffies, lobster rolls and clam cakes. My new husband is a bit pickier, so we also had some delicious sliders for the less adventurous folks.
Mark is a small/medium sized business owner that has less admin to help him communicate. Despite this, he works so hard to still make sure he's being as responsive as possible. I was so incredibly happy with our choice to go with him instead of one of the "big guys".
He hustles, he listened to all of my needs, and he made my dream wedding food happen. I could not be more grateful for him and his team. Truly an incredible business owner THANK YOU MARK!!!
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Mark and his team at 401 Gourmet are top-notch. We have so many good things to say about them we don’t know where even to begin.
Mark was highly communicative and helpful during one of the busiest wedding seasons. He was great with my mom, who helped kick off and end the process. And patient with me while navigating planning a wedding in under eight months.
The food. It was fantastic! Every guest we talked to said the food was delicious, the staff friendly and attentive, and the organization on point.
401 Gourmet rose to the occasion and nailed every element of the night. We can’t thank them enough!
If you’re looking for your wedding caterer, look no further!
Mark who owns and runs 401 Gourmet was an absolute pleasure to work with. From balancing the dynamics of parents wanting to be involved with our planning to making sure he perfected absolutely everything for us, he and his team CRUSHED it!
The menu was delicious and all of our meal options and cocktail hour apps were adored by our guests. He checked in with us throughout the night to see how everything was and it was so appreciated.
We highly recommend anyone who is considering to book a tasting with Mark, he and his team will not disappoint!
401 gourmet is an amazing wedding caterer. I don't think I could speak more highly of them! The owner Mark answered all of my (many) questions promptly and with grace. The food was absolutely delicious and everyone was talking about it at the wedding. They even boxed up leftovers for people to have at the after party! Mark worked very closely with us on the menu, food allergies, and doing a site visit ahead of the wedding. I would recommend him to anyone!
I simply cannot express how grateful I am for Mark and his catering team. We met with Mark in November in 2021 when we were considering our wedding catering. Mark had us come in for a tasting and it was absolutely unbelievable. He treated us to appetizers and mini portions of the entrees we were considering. As soon as we left we KNEW Mark was our guy. He was very receptive to our unique idea for serving dinner in a small plate style and basically told us “anything is possible”. Mark and his team were a true dream to work with and anyone hosting an event would be lucky to have them. His team even sought my dad out to make sure he got the scallop wrapped in bacon he was looking for! I have told any of my engaged friends (or anyone hosting an event) they MUST reach out to 401 Gourmet because they are simply the BEST. I honestly cannot say enough good things about 401 Gourmet.
I can't speak highly enough of this company. I worked with Mark, who treated me as though my wedding was the most important one he had even though my party was only 18 people (micro wedding). He was responsive and helpful from start to finish. I had 3 weeks to plan my wedding, and he made is completely seamless.
In the initial stages, I was provided with options for different needs including food allergies and Vegan options. They helped me navigate needs I would forget to ask for as well. They were a one-stop-shop for rentals as well (helped me coordinate table, linen, place setting, etc rentals).
The food was absolutely exquisite from appetizer to soup to salad to main course. I could not decide between sour or salad, so I chose both. The pear salad, the tomato fennel crab soup- both were amazing. The steaks were cooked to a perfect temperature. The swordfish was juicy. The Thai Curry Veggie plates were licked clean.
All the staff who assisted were super wonderful. The servers were discrete and helpful. Everyone was so cheery- it felt like they were just as excited for my wedding as my guests were.
The team did a fantastic job of cleaning up everything and leaving the venue spotless.
I live out of state, but will absolutely use 401 every time I travel to MA at every opportunity.
These guys really helped make our wedding special! They were easy to work with, always professional, and their product is definitely above and beyond the standard catered fare. Over a year later, I still sometimes get compliments on the oysters they shucked during our cocktail hour.
The work that Brian and Max do is amazing, they truly go above and beyond! Having worked with 401 Catering & Events as an Event Coordinator and as a customer of theirs, I cannot recommend them enough. Their presentation is amazing, and well, the food is the best. Both Brian and Max have such a passion for their product, that it shows and it makes their catering experience stand out among all the others. If you have a chance to book 401 Catering & Events for your wedding, do it!
We hired 401 Catering & Events for our wedding. The food was incredible and service impeccable! Max and Brian were extremely accommodating and answered any and all questions we had about our big day ASAP and in full detail. The raw bar put our cocktail hour over the top, it was a real crowd pleaser! We couldn’t of been more pleased with our experience.
Amazing food and staff! We booked 401 catering for our wedding, and didn't have to worry about a thing. Beautiful set up and high quality food. Guest raved about the spread, and some of my friends even booked them for their upcoming weddings. Highly recommended!
We used 401 for our rehearsal dinner in CT and had them bring oysters and little neck clams for the half shell. They were excellent. Brian actually ha his own oyster farm and if you are lucky he will bring some of his own. They are the best in the world!! The caters did a great job setting up and serving all of the guests!
Brian was amazing to work with... after working with several stuffy and misleading caterers it was so refreshing to work with someone who was laid back and as excited as we were about our cocktail hour! He was professional, organized, prompt, and people are still raving about our raw bar to this day! Not to mention we had dreams of our oysters served out of a wooden boat and he ordered one for us as a surprise and had great table decor!
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560 Mineral Spring Ave, Pawtucket, RI
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Mark is from Rhode Island and has enjoyed living in New England his whole life. After Graduating from Connecticut Culinary Institute he spent years honing his craft at local upscale and fine dining restaurants including: Newport Restaurant Group, Eleven Forty Nine Restaurant, and Centro Bar and Lounge. He took that experience and started 401 Gourmet in 2017. With a passion for food and a love for New England he creates stunning local seasonal menus and dishes for clients across Rhode Island and Massachusetts.
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